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WTO Issues Panel Report on India’s Domestic Content Requirements for Solar Products (February 24, 2016)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On February 24, 2016, the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued the panel’s report on India’s domestic content

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Argentina Reaches Deal with American Hedge Funds (February 29, 2016)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On February 29, 2016, Argentina reached an agreement with several U.S.

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Barclays Pays $2.5m for Apparent U.S. Sanctions Violations (February 10, 2016)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On February 10, 2016, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) reached a settlement with Barclays Bank for apparent violations of the Zimbabwe sanctions regulations.

2015: The Year of Reorienting International Investment Law

In the Chinese calendar, 2015 was the year of the sheep: a follower rather than a leader. Yet for international investment law, 2015 was a year of transformation, signaling a possible reorientation along a new path. This Insight reflects on some of the key moments reflecting such a transformation or reorientation in treaty law and practice: the draft model bilateral investment treaties of India and Norway, the public release of the agreed text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the European Commission’s proposal for a new investment court.

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20
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3
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Barnali Choudhury
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Australia Prevails at Permanent Court of Arbitration on Jurisdiction Against Phillip Morris in Tobacco Dispute (December 17, 2015)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On December 17, 2015, a tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration dismissed the case of Phillip Morris against Australia, which had arisen under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) of Austra

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WTO Appellate Body Rules against the U.S. in Tuna Case (November 20, 2015)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On November 20, 2015, the WTO Appellate Body issued its report in United States-Measures Concerning the

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Negotiating Parties Reach Agreement on Trans-Pacific Trade Deal (October 5, 2015)

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Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On October 5, 2015, The United States and eleven other Pacific Rim nations finalized their negotiations and agreed on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a regional trade agreement combining forty